01 ／ Tategu joinery
Jikō-ji's builders passed their skillson to the town's doors and screens.
Tokigawa's tategu (建具), the wooden doors, sliding screens and fittings of Japanese houses, are said to have begun some 1,300 years ago, when craftsmen gathered from across Japan to build Jikō-ji (慈光寺) settled here after the temple was finished and passed on their skills. It is the oldest woodwork joinery tradition in Saitama, and output is among the largest in the prefecture. The Tategu Kaikan (建具会館) displays doors and fusuma screens and takes orders.
- Said to date back about 1,300 years
- Oldest tradition in the prefecture
- Among Saitama's largest producers
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